About Me

I was a reporter and columnist for 40 years for a chain of newspapers in the suburbs of Chicago. I'm a military veteran having served in the United States Army Combat Engineers (Cpl. E-4) and a Korean War veteran with an Honorable Discharge from the Armed Forces of the United States of America

Sunday, November 22, 2009

Video shows soldiers of the 2nd Co., 173rd Airborne in a violent firefight with the Taliban in Korengal Valley, Afghanistan. The battle cost the life of one U.S. soldier and another was seriously wounded.TURN UP YOUR VOLUMEWATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/2_wP77S18Ng&hl=en_US&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY THIS VIDEO

This video shows what it is like during a night firefight with the Taliban in the mountains of Afghanistan. Tracers are flying everywhere.TURN UP YOUR SOUNDWATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/eLANM2W6LsA&hl=en_US&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO

There were only 50 U.S. soldiers stationed at this remote outpost in Wanat, Afghanistan when the Taliban launched an attack on their position. The GIs fought back bravely but in the end nine of the 50 U.S. soldiers were killed.This video is the story of that firefight.TURN UP YOUR VOLUMEWATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/KfDm9cCVyT4&hl=en_US&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY THIS VIDEO

This is a playlist of 21 videos looking at the plan Gen. Stanley McChrystal, commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, has submitted to President Obama asking for 40,000 more troops to fight the war in Afghanistan.President Obama has been deliberating what to do about the Afghanistan war. The videos present a variety of pros and cons on whether more troops should be sent to Afghanistan.President Obama is justifiably worried that the Afghanistan government under Harmid Karzai is very corrupt and hold little power outside of the capitol city of Kabul.Obama also would like a more clear cut mission statement and an end game for when ALL U.S. troops can be pulled out of Afghanistan.The danger with the McChrystal plan is the U.S. could become bogged down in a quagmire that would keep U.S. troops in Afghanistan for another ten or more years doing nation building. While the Republicans argue against a new health care plan for American citizens, the Republicans are all gung-ho for more troops to Afghanistan without considering the cost of the war which would reach into the billions.There is also a shortage of troops to send to Afghanistan and many within the ranks of the military feel consideration should be given to re-instating the military draft. They argue that is is not right that the same troops who have been rotated in and out of Iraq four and five times be sent to Afghanistan to start another series of rotations.These videos will give a better perspective of what is being talked about behind closed doors in Washington and at the White House.WATCH SERIES OF NON-STOP VIDEOS HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/zQ84Pvljwcg&hl=en_US&fs=1or click on this link for all 21 videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ84Pvljwcg&feature=PlayList&p=8F856E68D4F6CDFA&index=0&playnext=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY ALL 21 VIDEOS.Submitted by BILL CORCORAN, founder and editor, CORKSPHERE: http://corksphere.blogspot.comEmail: corkcol@aol.com

This video shows medical teams working to save the lives of wounded U.S. troops at FOB Salerno in Afghanistan. Very dramatic footage.TURN UP YOUR VOLUMEWATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/0UH912Cv0qI&hl=en_US&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY THIS VIDEO